CODM Season Transition Guide: What Carries Over to Season 9 on GameLoop PC

Every CODM season ends the same way: a countdown, a forced update, and a new lobby screen. The question is what happens to everything you earned.

This article covers the season transition rules that apply to S8 "Against All Fate," organized by what you keep, what you need to claim, and what expires the moment S9 launches.

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What Carries Over Permanently

These items transfer to every future season automatically. No action required.

COD Points (CP) — In-game premium currency carries over indefinitely. Unspent CP from S8 moves to S9. There is no "seasonal wallet" — CP is an account-level balance, not a season item.

Operator skins and blueprints — Any operator, weapon blueprint, or cosmetic item you unlock, purchase, or earn through paid draws stays in your collection permanently. Season transitions do not vault owned items. Honkai Impact 3rd operator skins (Rin Yoshida, Siren, Kestrel) remain if you obtained them.

Weapon loadouts and attachments — Your saved loadout slots and all unlocked attachments carry forward. You do not need to rebuild weapon configurations at the start of S9. Attachments unlocked through level progression (Armory) also remain.

Credits and Seasonal Calling Cards / Charms earned through battle pass — Standard credits are account-currency and carry over. Most cosmetic items earned via battle pass (charms, calling cards, emblems) are permanent collection items once claimed.

Prestige rank (overall account level) — Separate from season rank. Your overall prestige level does not reset.

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Ranked Season — Partial Reset

Ranked resets at the start of each new season. The reset is partial, not total:

• Your S8 final rank determines your protected starting point in S9.
• Higher ranks receive more rank protection — players who reach Master or above in S8 start S9 further up the ladder than players who finished at Gold.
• You still need to play placement matches to confirm your starting rank in S9.

For GameLoop PC players: If you are grinding ranked in the final stretch of S8, reaching the next rank tier before the season ends has direct value — a higher protected starting point in S9 means fewer placement games required to get back to where you were.

Specific rank protection thresholds (exact rank points carried into S9) are announced by Activision at or near the season transition. This article follows the historical pattern. Verify in-game or via the official CODM blog when S9 launches.

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What Requires Action Before the Season Ends

These items expire or are no longer claimable after the season transition.

Free Mythic Pick 1 of 3 Event

The S8 Free Mythic event started September 11. To claim your selected mythic:

• Complete all required weekly mission milestones.
• Your chosen weapon must be fully unlocked before the event timer expires.
• If you selected a mythic early and haven't finished the missions, you can still swap your selection to a different mythic at any point before completing the final milestone.

What expires: Uncompleted event progress. If the milestones are not finished before S8 ends, the unredeemed mythic is not granted.

What stays: Mythic weapons already claimed are permanent. If you completed the event in week 1 or 2, your free mythic is already in your collection.

If you are on track but behind on missions, the Holiday Login Rewards (October) accelerate milestone progress. Check in-game for current availability.

Season 8 Battle Pass

The S8 Battle Pass (both free and premium tracks) closes when the season ends. Unclaimed tier rewards expire — they are not available in S9.

• Claim all uncollected rewards from your current BP tier before the cutoff.
• The ISO Hemlock AR (free tier) must be claimed if you haven't logged in since earning it.
• Battle Pass XP (the progress toward each tier) is not convertible — tiers not reached by season end are simply closed.

You do not need to buy the S9 Battle Pass to use S8 items. S8 BP rewards already claimed are permanent.

Honkai Impact 3rd Limited Collaboration Events

The Honkai IP collaboration runs in-season. Specific event tasks (story quests, collection challenges, dormitory login rewards) tied to the collab timeline expire when the event window closes.

• Permanent items already claimed from the collab (operators obtained via draws, weapons from Mythic Armory) are not affected.
• Event-exclusive in-game currency, tokens, or temporary challenge rewards that require specific seasonal event tabs may expire.
• Mythic Armory items (Katana, Nail Gun, FHJ, Scythe) are pull-based draws — these may be vaulted or removed from the active draw pool when S8 ends.

Check the in-game events tab to see what has a timer remaining.

Roguelike Mode

The Roguelike mode was a Season 8 feature. Whether it continues in S9 as a permanent mode or rotates out has not been announced. If you want to try the co-op wave format before it potentially disappears, do not assume it will still be available in S9.

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Nothing to Do (Myth vs Fact)

A few things players sometimes think expire but do not:

Weapon XP and max-level weapons — If you maxed the Static-HV or ISO Hemlock during S8, those weapons stay at max level. You do not re-unlock attachments each season.

Operator challenges / lifetime challenges — Completed. Not reset.

Practice Range and training content — Permanent.

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For GameLoop PC Players: Season Start Timing

S9 will require a mandatory update, typically 1–3 GB, before matchmaking reopens. GameLoop's auto-update behavior varies by region.

• Patch day for S9 is when the season transition happens. Expect a 2–4 hour maintenance window at minimum.
• If you play on the day of the update: wait for GameLoop to fully download and apply the patch before launching a match. Incomplete updates cause black screens and launch failures.
• Settings, key bindings, and control layouts from S8 carry over to the new client without reconfiguration.

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Summary Table

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See also: S8 Free Mythic Event Guide — milestone task list and selection strategy | S8 Ranked Meta Guide — weapon tier list for ranked play | CODM S8 Last Week Checklist — everything worth finishing before the season closes